so over the long weekend, we went to the cradle of humankind, which is just outside joburg. it's an amazing place! it's so beautiful! there are quite a few things to do in the cradle of humankind. you can go to the sterkfontein caves, wonder caves and maropeng (just to mention a few). we decided to visit maropeng which is a museum that looks at the birth of earth and wo/man. the museum takes it view from Darwin and that Africa was the birth place of homosapiens- which as we might remember from school is not what they taught us! at school we were given the impression that everything started in europe. so it's nice to see that mother africa was the place were it all started. the best part of the museum is that you get to go on an underground water ride where you can explore the different elements (earth, wind, fire, water...and if you are a five element person-LOVE). i have no photos from the ride cos it is very very dark down there and you need a tripod in order to get any form of something happening in the photo. it's a really cool place. i recommend it...even if you are a christian. just go...